No. No no no no no. “The White House signaled interest early this month in investigating whether the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine should be suspended or debarred from federal funding” www.aip.org/fyi/republic...

Freedom is strongest when it's supported by you. @kurtopsahl.bsky.social (former Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of @eff.org, now @fil.org) shares his opinion on why @torproject.org ecosystem funding matters. Donate & protect rights online: internetfreedom.torproject.org

This remains generally applicable.

Bay Area lawyer frens, come join me as I host the @eff.org Cyberlaw Trivia Night on June 4 for a fantastic time of nerdy dives in the most trivial aspects of technology law and policy. Form a team or come find a team there! www.eff.org/event/effs-1...

Yes.

‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-leak-that-ive-witnessed-u-s-cybersecurity-agency-leaves-its-digital-keys-out-in-public-on-github-2000760330

I just paid $9.25 for an iced latte at JFK and they’re playing Backstreet Boys “Tell Me Why” which seems the most apropos soundtrack to *waves hands at everything*

"This is so important because everyone should have a bed to sleep in at night, and also, nothing destroys property values faster than a desperate person on a sidewalk asking for change."

The company is recalling nearly 3,800 robotaxis after an unoccupied vehicle entered floodwaters on a San Antonio road and was washed into a creek. bit.ly/4wmkV3G

Courts are being flooded with AI-generated cases, documents and testimonies. While they're not yet at breaking point, those who know them well worry they're right up to it. My latest for @fastcompany.com www.fastcompany.com/91539168/ai-...

call me controversial and finicky, but if I buy a car, I don't think it reasonable that I have to learn how to "hack" it so it doesn't kill my family But that might just be me. www.thestar.com/news/canada/...

They put one of yours in the hospital, you put out a statement about how disappointed you are. That’s the centrist way.

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.

The thing about depression is that it's not just sadness. It's your brain constantly lying to you. Telling you terrible things. You're a failure. Nobody is better off for knowing you. And nothing will ever get better because the problem is you. For some, drugs can turn that off. It's life-saving.

*blinks in Minnesota*

Once again I am asking @nytimes.com to stop conflating copyright with trademark. They are not the same. TM is designed to help consumers know that a “World Cup” branded product is actually authentic to FIFA’s brand. Copyright gives a limited exclusive right in expression, such as the game video.

A real scene, several years ago: Me: I want a tattoo, but can't think of anything I'd be happy with. Wife: Well, you really love Thor. Why not a Thor thing. Me: Nazis and white supremacists. Wife: Oh, right. Scene! And I'm not even running for Congress.

Damn. Ding ding ding ding. www.instagram.com/reel/DXw3Dgi...

"The U.S. is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tools that give easy access to the home and workplace addresses of American citizens, their social-media accounts, vehicle information, flight history, law-enforcement records and other personal information" www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Gonna be fun* in a year when Platner gets elected to the Senate and starts openly doing and saying Nazi shit and every gullible twit on this website who supported him starts saying "well how was I supposed to know that the guy who had a Nazi SS tattoo for 18 years was not to be trusted" *not fun

One reason that threat modeling for your digital privacy/security is harder than it looks is that most people don't know what data is being generated about them and who has access to it. www.proofnews.org/womans-talks...

My most popular meme on bluesky thusfar

Interested in the intersection of Global Cyber Policy, Risk, and all things Hacker! Our Directors Katie Noble and Heather West chat about this years Policy@ DEF CON34. We can’t wait to see you there! CFP closes 1May - submit your 25, 50, or 80min talk. youtu.be/y7vMt_IM0Bw?...

Its not too late to submit your talk, panel, or session to Policy@ DEF CON 34! This years theme is Agency. CFP Closes 1May26 defcon.org/html/defcon-...

Call me when the NYT is ready for a "12 Bitches Who Were Right about Everything" piece.

Enter to win 1 of 15 ARCs of The Hearth Witch's Guide to Spite & Spellwork! (Visit via browser, not the app--the giveaway doesn't show up in the app) www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

Speaker Johnson’s introduction of yet another mass surveillance bill masquerading as reform is all the encouragement we need to keep pushing for a warrant requirement in Section 702 of FISA.

The amount of misinformation we’re getting about an incident that just occurred in front of 1,500 news reporters is truly the metaphor of our generation.

New episode of the @99pi.org Constitution Breakdown is out! @romanmars.bsky.social & I talk about the Supremacy Clause & its connection to AI. Special guest is @alondra.bsky.social: if you've ever wanted an intro to tech & the Constitution, this one's for you: 99percentinvisible.org/episode/cons...

u never see this on a tradlife mood board

Something we don’t address enough is how many people, especially adults, do not have a working imagination.

TTRPGs for Trans Rights—Idaho: 511 items for $5.00 itch.io/b/3525/ttrpg...

yeah i have stability get the sticker here: mcapriglione.art

I think @dropout.tv should start their own comics company and hire a bunch of the recently fired amazing editors, then make some absolutely amazing comics. Just saying, they're already in the same nerdy media market.

Then, read his paper "Analyzing the Benefits of Artificial Intelligence to Racially Inclusive Democracy". Overton explains that while AI/ML could boost voter turnout, strict legal safeguards are needed to protect and empower communities of color. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

Watch GWU Law's Spencer Overton testify as the only Democratic witness at the congressional roundtable on "AI & American Power: Leadership, Security, and Prosperity." He emphasizes that AI's influence on democracy must address racial and political barriers www.youtube.com/live/DSq2eTY...

Bitch I will beat your ass

nonzero chance the FBI is plugging LLMs into wiretap data under the legal theory AI alone can’t implicate 4th amendment concerns (semi-known 702 issue). or the NSA has now hard coded wiretaps across all newly built US data centers due to expanded ECSP scope. or probably both.

Watching Brazil, South Korea and Hungary get rid of their authoritarians

Endless cycle

Excited to share my most recent co-authored publication! An article on Angel Reese and social media discourse, in Communication & Sport--led by two wonderful graduate students! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

CIS people (especially white men) please read this. This fight is not trans folks fight. This is why they are leaving. This is why gay folk are leaving. This is why all women should be making plans. What they take from one they will take from all. This story lays it out succinctly, w impact

a spacecraft landing is literally like ALL THE SCIENCES AT ONCE textile strength is important and wind and water are important and what kind of metal they used on the outside and the trajectory of re-entry and the distribution of weight and mass inside the thing and atmospheric conditions and

Things that work: giant rocket, very precise math, orbital mechanics, cameras, iPhones Things that don’t work: Microsoft Outlook, toilets, sat phones

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

If the retrieval crew don’t put on ape suits before they open the hatch, they’re doing it wrong.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

It is correct to spend all disposable income at your local independent bookstore.